Sore facial muscles

Introduction Muscle soreness is usually caused by exercise, so most of the facial muscle soreness is caused by over-stress of facial muscles, but there are many pathological factors such as mumps, mandibular joint dysfunction, maxillofacial neuritis, etc. caused by facial pain. Factors should be taken seriously.

Cause

1. If there is a history of trauma, consider a soft tissue contusion.

2, if there is no reason for facial muscle soreness is mumps or mandibular joint dysfunction.

3, overworked, facial muscle tension can also lead.

4, due to the cold caused by poor blood circulation can also be caused.

5, it may be the symptoms caused by hemifacial spasm or facial neuritis.

an examination

Related inspection

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1. Carefully ask the relevant medical history and collect relevant clinical data.

2. Closely check the patient to clearly understand the clinical symptoms of the patient.

3, appropriate physical examination of the patient, pay special attention to understand the patient's facial muscles and free movement of the cervical muscles.

4. Perform relevant equipment examinations on patients and conduct laboratory tests as appropriate.

5, comprehensive consideration of various test results, combined with clinical symptoms caused by nerve damage or non-neural damage, and finally a corresponding diagnosis.

Differential diagnosis

There are many reasons for facial muscle soreness, mainly due to the following:

1. Mumps;

2. Mandibular joint dysfunction;

3. Facial spasm;

4, facial neuritis.

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